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209 pp.
| Holt |
September, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-6360-9$16.95
(2)
YA
Holt's affectionate multigenerational portrait starts in 1939 Louisiana with fourteen-year-old Rose, then skips ahead eighteen years to Rose's thirteen-year-old son. Following the family through the perspectives of two more generations of teens, up through Rose's great-grandson in 2004, Holt accentuates her characters' individuality while drawing out the subtle traits, including a sometimes dormant love of literature, that keep them connected.